FAISALABAD: The Customs Investigation and Intelligence has seized a consignment of 16,270 kilogram of fabric worth Rs 4.71 million following the charges of short payment of duty/taxes and also impounded a truck being used for the transportation of the items after finding it non-duty paid.
Sources informed that Additional Director Muhammad Ismail received information regarding the clearance of a consignment through mis-declaration on which he formed a team to confiscate the consignment.
The team intercepted the trailer bearing Registration No. TLB-242 near Director of Customs Investigation and Intelligence loaded with consignment of fabric. The driver was asked to produce the documents regarding the clearance of the consignment.
The driver showed the relevant documents in which Customs Intelligence found that consignment was cleared by importer by paying Rs one million, while the actual leviable duty was Rs 1.346 million.
Furthermore, the team asked the driver to show the documents showing the legal import the trailer but he remained fail to do so. Therefore, Customs Intelligence impounded the trailer under the prevailing customs laws.
The Customs Intelligence team comprising Deputy Director Riaz Hussain, Senior Intelligence Officer Muhammad Tahir, Mihammad Saleem and others participated in the raid.
